Returning player needing advice!

[Kurtz Darny]

Hi Cmdrs,

returning after a few years and have a couple of engineer missions. I have a Vulture and Viper MKiii. Not sure if I need to have a srv for these missions or if I can land with the Vulture. I was planning on putting a hangar into the ViperMKIII and attempting these missions but sure if that's overkill. I have the standard Felicity Farseer and Todd McQuinn missions. Any help is appreciated. Also when I stopped playing Powerplay was the big thing, is that not so anymore? What's the recomended gameplay style these days and from the Vulture how should I progress (Python obviously ship wise). Cheers Cmdrs!

 

[sinisalo]

The engineer unlock requirements are in your codex, you need a meta alloy for Farseer for example, which can be bought in Maia.

Which ship you progress to is all about what you like and what you want to do. Python's a good choice but there are many good ships in Elite. Identify a role or mission profile you want to do, and choose and tailor a ship to do it. Python can do many things well, transport, cargo runs, mining and even combat but of course there are better suited options. There are a number of new ships and the Krait line is one of the best in my view.

 

[Kurtz Darny]

Thanks for the advice. I'm fairly combat orientated with some exploration and heavy power play. Took a while understanding all the new mechanics on the SRV especially the datalink scanner. I wish the devs would flesh that aspect ut a bit more.. it's fairly frustrating and alienating for players. I found no way to use the datalink scanner on the SRV and resorted to doing with my ship.